Does the contraction in bank credit signal a double-dip?

The recent contraction of bank lending is often cited as a risk to the economic recovery in Japan and to the prospects for investment in particular. However, the declines in bank lending are probably no more a sign of renewed economic weakness than the surge a year earlier was then a sign of strength.

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